Dr. Elizabeth Farley-Ripple and colleagues at the Center for Research Use in Education have addressed two questions as a means of better understanding how schools use research – “What does deep use of research look like in schools?” and “What conditions support deep use of research and how do those conditions come to exist?”Continue reading How is evidence use enacted in schools? A mixed methods multiple case study of “deep-use” schools →
Tilley & Sheridan report on the decisions made in recent school improvement efforts and the problems or challenges that motivated those decisions. Continue reading Conceptualizing Research Use: Problems & Decisions in Schools →
Walking the Talk: Turning Research Findings into Virtual Workshops for Educators
As a result of surveying educators about using research, CRUE has organized workshops to address educators’ barriers to finding and evaluating useful research.Continue reading Walking the Talk: Turning our Research Findings into Free, Practice-Centered Virtual Workshops →
Fiona Hollands, of Teachers College, Columbia University and Dena Dossett, of Jefferson County Public Schools (KY), assess research used to support school requests for budget allocations. They make suggestions on using appropriate research in support of requests. Continue reading Use of Evidence to Inform School and District Budget Decisions →
Formats of Research-Based Resources Used in School Decision Making
Identifies the research-based resources used by educators.Continue reading Resources Used in School Decision Making →
Views on research through the voices of educators
This discusses educators’ attitudes and beliefs about research.
Continue reading Views on research through the voices of educators →
Mapping the field: Use of research evidence in policy and practice
This article discusses the map of the URE landscape and networks. A list of funding sources and a bibliography of the field are included.Continue reading Mapping the field: Use of research evidence in policy and practice →
Using Research at the Classroom, School, District & State Levels: Results from the Knowledge Utilization R&D Centers
From the work of the NCRPP, there is now data on how school and district leaders use research in making decisions. View the presentation given at the 2018 IES Principal Investigators’ meeting.Continue reading Using Research at the Classroom, School, District & State Levels: Results from the Knowledge Utilization R&D Centers →
